7th Fighter Aviation Division explained

Unit Name:7th Fighter Aviation Division
Native Name:中国人民解放军空军航空兵第七师
Start Date:September 1950
Branch:People's Liberation Army Air Force
Type:Fighter Wing
Command Structure:Central Theater Command
Garrison:Zhangjiakou Air Base
Garrison Label:Air Base
Aircraft Fighter:Chengdu J-7
Shenyang J-11

The 7th Fighter Aviation Division is a unit of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Air Force. It is headquartered at Zhangjiakou Air Base in the Beijing Military Region. The unit is equipped with the Chengdu J-7 and Shenyang J-11 fighters. PLA-AF fighter divisions generally consist of about 17,000 personnel and 70-120 aircraft.

It was originally formed in September 1950 at Dongfeng, Jilin Province, as a fighter unit with the 19th and 21st Regiments.[1]

It was assigned soon after formation to the air force component of the Chinese People's Volunteers as a mixed MiG-9/MiG-15 fighter unit.[2] It did not enter combat in Korea and returned to Northern China in November 1951.[3] [4]

References

  1. Appendix G, "Origins of PLAAF MRAFs, Air Corps, Command Posts, Bases, Air Divisions, and Independent Regiments," Ken Allen, Chapter 9, "PLA Air Force Organization", The PLA as Organization, ed. James C. Mulvenon and Andrew N.D. Yang (Santa Monica, CA: RAND, 2002), 449.
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